Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World [Paperback]

Doug Bandow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 19, 1996

Contends that Washington should initiate a phased withdrawal of American forces, followed by the termination of the defense treaty.

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Right now, some 40 years after the Korean War armistice, 37,000 American troops are stationed in the Republic of Korea. Though the American presence is supposed to ward off attack from the North, Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute argues that South Korea, with its high-growth gross national product, an estimated 18 times larger than North Korea, can handle any altercation on its own. It's clear that the U.S has worn thin its welcome in Asia. And troop withdrawal would not only save American taxpayers some $40 billion annually, says Bandow, it would set the wheels in motion towards abandoning "globalist foreign policy" completely.

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Mr. Bandow may trip over his own wire on the here and now of Korea, but he makes a great many other points worthy of attention. -- New York Times, Frank Gibney

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Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Cato Institute (June 19, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882577302
• ISBN-13: 978-1882577309
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,235,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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